• DocumentCode
    2869523
  • Title

    A WCDMA Transmitter in 0.13μm CMOS Using Direct-Digital RF Modulator

  • Author

    Eloranta, Petri ; Seppinen, Pauli ; Kallioinen, Sami ; Saarela, Tuomas ; Parssinen, Aarno

  • Author_Institution
    Nokia, Helsinki
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    11-15 Feb. 2007
  • Firstpage
    340
  • Lastpage
    607
  • Abstract
    A WCDMA transmitter based on direct-digital RF modulator has a power control range of >90dB and achieves an ACPR of -58dBc with a channel power of -2dBm. Using an external PA with a power gain of 27dB, the measured EVM is <2% with signal levels from -35 to +25dBm. The chip is fabricated in a 0.13μm 1.2V CMOS process and occupies 4mm2.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; code division multiple access; modulators; radio transmitters; 0.13 micron; 1.2 V; 27 dB; CMOS process; WCDMA transmitter; direct-digital RF modulator; external power amplifier; Clocks; Digital filters; Digital modulation; Finite impulse response filter; Low pass filters; Multiaccess communication; Power control; Power measurement; Radio frequency; Transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2007. ISSCC 2007. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0852-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0193-6530
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2007.373433
  • Filename
    4242404